I was singing Kpan Logo yesterday while preparing a meal and thinking about my friend and mentor, ManDido. I could hear him singing the call in my mind, “Kpaaa-an Logo” and I thought about the amount of things he taught me about West African drumming and life. On Sunday, July 26th, starting at 3pm there [...]
I have just entered a competition to present my Live More Lightly Workshop in Copenhagen as part of the cultural activities surrounding the United Nations (UN) Conference for Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 9th to 18th, 2009. Check out my site on WOOLOO Call for Proposals Wooloo.org (Berlin ) Following the great success [...]
I had so much fun doing the Live More Lightly Workshop at Vancouver Community College! Many thanks to staff and student assistants who were very supportive. I was able to give away a handout of an excerpt from my upcoming book, the “Live More Lightly Songbook and Workshop Guide”. The book contains a chapter giving [...]
Vancouver Community College is having a celebration and I have been invited to present my workshop as part of the activities for students. The theme of the Sustainability Fair, “Green 365 @VCC” fits in perfectly with the idea that we can live more lightly. I will be handing out my sheets with 50 things that [...]
I took this photo of Jack Velker at ManDido’s memorial service in January. At the time, it seemed like an unusual thing to do, but I wanted to remember all my friends that were there remembering ManDido. I didn’t have the courage to take photos of everyone, just the people I knew well. Now I [...]
Last year I was so excited to be going to Bellingham, USA for the Watcom County International Women’s Day Celebration. Womens_Day_Song08 This truly was an International Women’s Day for me! One of the best parts was marching through the streets chanting. In Vancouver, I had always had to be setting up and getting ready for [...]
After all of my painstaking research I went and bought the new kid on the block, the new Hitachi Blu-ray DZ-BD7H high definition video camera.
Vancouver has settled into the “rainy with cloudy periods” weather pattern that will sustain until the spring. On November 13th my motorcycle insurance expires and the Big Bike goes into the carport for a long nap. Meanwhile, I have engine bars and a carry rack coming from Renntec Motorcycle Accessories and I am still trying [...]
It rained on the Sunshine coast, then it poured. My trusty motorcycle held the road and responded to my needs. I remembered the good advice I had received long ago from a trucker. “Never out run your lights”. I kept the throttle to a point where I could follow the cat’s eyes shining yellow/orange on [...]
The cooler weather has arrived, but the sun is shining as Vancouver sees the last cloudless days for a while. This weather is the prime season for my motorcycle as I no longer have to worry so much about over-heating my air-cooled engine. In the heat of summer, a traffic jam caused by the endless [...]
